I've now got the music book ready,
Do sit up and sing like a lady
A recitative from Tancredi,
And something about "Palpiti!"
Sing forte when first you begin it,
Piano the very next minute,
They'll cry "What expression there's in it!"
Don't sing English ballads to me!


Don't Sing English Ballads to Me; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 56.


I've now got the music book ready, Do sit up and sing like a lady A recitative from Tancredi, And something about Palpiti! Sing forte when first you...

I've now got the music book ready, Do sit up and sing like a lady A recitative from Tancredi, And something about Palpiti! Sing forte when first you...

I've now got the music book ready, Do sit up and sing like a lady A recitative from Tancredi, And something about Palpiti! Sing forte when first you...

I've now got the music book ready, Do sit up and sing like a lady A recitative from Tancredi, And something about Palpiti! Sing forte when first you...